MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.63,-95.41 Latitude: 36.63 Longitude: -95.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 42 SFC 979 227 23.8 21.3 86 2.6 22.1 191 15 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.8 16.49 2 950 489 21.8 20.2 91 1.6 20.7 195 27 299.3 302.2 295.7 345.8 15.92 3 900 957 18.7 16.2 86 2.5 17.0 210 35 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.9 12.99 4 850 1448 17.9 5.6 44 12.4 10.7 228 34 304.9 306.2 290.3 325.3 6.71 5 800 1963 15.0 0.5 37 14.4 7.3 233 36 307.1 308.0 289.5 322.4 4.98 6 750 2506 11.1 -0.7 44 11.8 5.0 243 38 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.8 4.86 7 700 3076 6.3 -2.7 53 9.0 1.8 247 42 309.5 310.3 289.8 323.5 4.49 8 650 3678 0.8 -4.6 67 5.5 -1.7 253 46 309.9 310.7 289.6 323.0 4.17 9 600 4315 -3.9 -7.4 77 3.5 -5.4 253 52 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.2 3.65 10 550 4996 -8.5 -11.4 80 2.9 -9.6 248 54 313.9 314.5 289.8 323.3 2.90 11 500 5729 -12.5 -14.7 84 2.1 -13.3 241 56 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.8 2.45 12 450 6526 -17.1 -19.2 84 2.1 -17.7 235 56 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.0 1.86 13 400 7399 -23.3 -25.8 80 2.4 -23.9 233 61 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.17 14 350 8361 -30.7 -33.6 76 2.9 -31.1 231 65 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.64 15 300 9433 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.3 -40.8 232 85 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 16 250 10652 -47.9 -58.5 28 10.6 -48.3 241 95 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12111 -50.7 -77.5 3 26.8 -51.2 256 63 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 18 150 13954 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 258 54 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16451 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 259 41 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.11 m Freezing level: 641.30 mb = 3788.55 m = 12429.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.31 mb = 3379.64 m = 11087.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.45 mb = 549.29 m = 1802.10 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1739.99 m = 5708.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1886.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.76 mb = 997.90 m = 3273.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.76 mb = 2608.10 m = 8556.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.76 mb = 11465.34 m = 37615.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1859.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.76 mb = 14799.48 m = 48554.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.19 Bulk Rich Number: 14.88 Bulk Shear: 126.71 m/s